Ep. 203: designer James Farmer

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Our guest today is back for another episode. He's a garden expert, interior designer, and author of 9 books, James Farmer. We talk about his love of traditional design elements, why the rooms he designs for his clients feel like a hug, and his new book Arriving Home. What You'll Hear on This Episode: Why James loves traditional design elements and why he works them into his client spaces James explains his love of oyster plates and how they make their way into his clients' collections James' lesson on lampshades and why a lampshade can make or break a lamp James' three sofa layout design trick and when it works best for a space James' obsession with patterned sofas and why they're just so practical Why wallpaper and paneling give your home age We get a lesson on decorating your outdoor rooms Show Notes: James Farmer's Instagram James' Website, Jamesfarmer.com James' latest book, Arriving Home Find all of the notes or stream the episode at howtodecorate.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.
0:07.6	Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.
0:10.6	I'm Caroline. I write the How to Decorate blog.
0:12.7	And I'm Taryn and I'm a product designer.
0:14.6	And I'm Karen. I head up Ballard's branding team.
0:17.0	We're your host. Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for the tips, tricks, and tales of interior designers, stylists, and other talents, the design world. Plus, we'll answer a listener question at the end of the show. So don't forget to send them to podcast at Ballarddesigns.net.
0:30.9	I guess we love answering them. And now on the show. All right. So, last time you were on the show, we dubbed you the Jack of All
0:39.0	Trades, which I feel like is just still the best description for you. You're a Renaissance
0:43.8	man, trained landscape architect, interior designer, gardener, floral expert, author. You have
0:49.7	nine books, which is crazy. Nine, none. Like, that's nuts. Your most recent one,
0:55.8	arriving home, a gracious Southern welcome from Gibbs Smith is what we're here to chat about today.
1:01.1	This one is about interior design. You have one, oh my gosh, lots of gardening books, recipes.
1:06.4	You've got some all about outdoor spaces, reeds specifically.
1:11.3	You pretty much cover all of the most important topics.
1:14.1	I don't think I just said your name.
1:15.9	It's James Farmer.
1:17.2	I mean, your spaces are just like a hug.
1:19.7	They are.
1:20.5	That's the highest compliment I can receive.
1:23.4	Feels like a hug.
1:24.5	You know, when I was at Auburn, I studied art history, which is the segue to interiors and then
1:30.1	the landscape. So dual studies and degrees that lead me to my profession, but, you know, no client's
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